“As Higher Order Thinking Skills (HOTS) for class X, Mathematics Number system 1. Show that square of any positive odd integer is of the form 8q+1 for some integer 4. 2. Find whether the decimal representation (expansion) of the numbers (i) 51/120 (ii) 637/7280 terminating or non-terminating 3. The decimal expansion of following numbers, will terminate after how many places At 354 @ P52 Gi) Bye4 4.Prove that % + .9/¢- _is an irrational number. Polynomials g 2 a 5. Find all zeroes of the polynomials. x. Sx°_ 4x t1Ox +18 if two of its zeroes are V3 and —/2, 6. Find all zeroes of the polynomial x“— 4x2 9x7 )2% -3 if two of its zeroes are 2+ /'3 7. Obtain all zeroes of the polynomial $2 CX” 22 +9, if two of its zeroes are (2 cil . fa rs Vv Aly Linear Equations 8. Solve the following pair of equations: fl 2 -/ aay 3-¢ 4? BG Grp g 9. A chemist has one solution which is 50% acid and a second solution which is 25% acid. How much of each should be mixed to make 10 litres of a 40% acid solution. 10. Check graphically whether the pair of equations x4 By 6 : Sx 44g 2B is consistent. Also find the points where these line intersect x-axis. 11. A lending library has a fixed charge for the first three days and an additional charge for each day thereafter. Sarita paid Rs. 27 for a book kept for seven dayswhile Sunita paid Rs. 21 for the book she kept for five days. Find the fixed charge and the charge for each extra day. Quadratic Equations 12. Find the value of k for which the roots of the quadratic equation kx”-10x+5=0 are equal. 13, Find the value of p for which the roots of the quadratic equation 3x”-px+3=0 are real where pb >o 14. Sum of the areas of two squares is 468 m?. If the difference of their perimeters is 24 m, find the sides of two squares. 15. A train travels 360 km at a uniform speed. If the speed had been 5 km/hr. more, it would have taken 1 hour less for the same journey. Find the speed of the train. Arithmetic Progressions 16. The 19th term of an AP is equal to 3 times its 6th term. If the 9 th term of the AP is 19, find the AP. 17. Find the sum of first 19 terms of an AP whose 8 th term is 41 and 13 th term is 61. 18. Find the sum of all three digit numbers which are divisible by 9. 19. For what value of K, 2K-7, K+5 and 3K+2 are three consecutive terms of an AP. 20. If the sum of first n terms of an AP is given by 3n? + Sn, find the common difference of the AP. 21. The sum of first three terms of an AP is 15. If the sum of their squares is 93, find the AP. Trigonometry 22. Prove that Suc! @(\-Sn'@) ~ Qlar© = | BH SnO+Se@ =| — provethat G2G+ ces'0 = | 24, If sin(A+B) = 1 and cos(A-B)=1, 0.< A+B < Jo" ; A>s, fee A avd B Gu 2’ ‘ lam 84° la 8° 25. Evaluate :CoA + Cesee A=} Lae Geet 26. Prove that | ——————_————- $=) —_—_> Gt A ~ore AH Sanh Coo ite Geometry 27. Show that the points (-3,5), (3,1), (0,3) and (-1,-4) do not form a quadrilateral. 28. Find the Coordinates of Point P on AB such that PA = 2 where A(3,1) and B(-2,5) pe 4 29. Points P,Q.R and S in that order divides the line segment joining points A(2,5) and B(7,-5) in five equal parts. Find the coordinates of P,Q,R and S. 30. The vertices of a triangle are (1,K), (4,-3) and (-9,7). If the area of triangle is 15 sq. units, then find the value(s) of K. Geometry 31. In Fig.1. ABC is an isosceles triangle with AB=AC. P is a point on the side BC such that PM 1 A?S and PN AC . Prove that BM x NP = CN x MP33. Ina A ABC, Dis the mid point of side BC and AZ LAC. 1p 40 7 48, Show that Ac 7. Ap*+ (22)*+ Ac be = 34, In Fig. 3, XY and X’Y” are two parallel tangents to a circle with Centre O and another tangent AB touching at C, intersecting XY at A and x y at B. Prove that AOB=90° & 35. A triangle ABC is drawn to circumscribe a circle of radius 4 cm such that the segments BD and DC into which BC is divided by the point of contact D are of length 8 cm and 6 cm respectively. (see Fig.4). Find the sides AB and AC. A 6 mem > pe et & bpd. 36. A round table cover has six equal designs as shown in figure on the side (shaded one). If the radius of the cover is 28 cm, find the cost of making the design at the rate of Rs. 0.35 per em? (Use v3 = )-7 ).37. Two circles touch each other externally and the sum of their areas is 52. cm’. If the distance between the centres of two circles is 10 cm, find the radii of the two circles. 38. Find the area of the shaded region in the figure on the side where ABCD is a square of side 14 cm (Use Az 2.2). 39, In the given figure, from each comer of a square ABCD, of side 4 cm, quadrant of a circle of radius 1 cm each is cut and a circle of radius 1 cm is cut from the centre. Find the area of the shaded region. 40. Find the area of the shaded region which contains two semi-circles and a rectangle of breadth 1 cm. 41. A metallic cylinder has a radius 3 cm and height 5 cm. It is made of metal A. To reduce its weight a conical hole is drilled in the cylinder (as shown in the figure)and it is cc-pletely filled with a lighter metal B. The conical hole has a radius of 3/2 cm and ts depth is 8/9 cm. Calculate the ratio of the volume of the metal A to the volume of metal B in the solid 42. Two spheres of the same metal weigh 1 kg and 7 kg. The radius of the smaller sphere is 3 cm. The two spheres are melted to form a single big sphere. Find the diameter 0! the bigger sphere. 43. A spherical copper shell of external diameter 18 cm is melted and recaste into a solid cone of base radius 14 cm and height 4 2 cm. Find the inner diameter of the shell. ¢ 44.A pen stand made of wood is in the.shape of a cuboid with four conical depressions to hold pens. The dimensions of the cuboid are 15 cm X 10 cm X 3.5 cm, The radius of each of the depressions is 0.5 cm and the depth is 1.4 cm. Find the vc ume of wood in the entire stand. in the form of an inverted cone. Its height is 8 cm and radius of its top, which is open, is 5 cm. It is filled with water upto the brim. When lead shots, each of which is a sphere of radius 0.5 cm, are dropped into the vessel, one- fourth of the water flows out. Find the number of lead shots dropped.~ i 46. A container, shaped like a circular cylinder having diameter 12 cm and height 15 cm is full of ‘ce-cream. The ice-cream is to be filled in cones of height 6 cm and diameter 3 c1 having a hemispherical shape on the top of the same radius of base as that of co:.c. Find the number of such cones that can be filled with ice-cream. 47. A container. pen at the top and made of metal sheet, is in the form of a frustum. of a cone of 1eight 16 cm with radii of its lower and upper ends as 8 cm and 20 +s. em respectively. Find the cost of milk which can completely fill the container, 7 at the rate o Rs. 20 per litre. Also, find the cost of metal sheet used to make the container, if t costs Rs. 8 per 100 cm’ (Use 7 = 3 |) 48. A metallic right circular cone 20 cm high and whose vertical angle is 60° is cut into two parts at the middle of its height by a plane parallel to the base. If the frustum so obtained is melted and drawn into a wire of diameter 1 cm, find the *, . length of the wire. ' ea i 49. The median of the following data is 525. Find the values of x and y if the total frequency is 100: Classes 0- 1 100- | 200- ]300- | 400- | 500- | 600- | 700- | 800- | 900- 100; 200 | 300 | 400 | 500 | 600 | 700 | 800 | 900 | 1000 Frequency[2__15 |X [12 [17 [20 ly [9 [7 [4 50. During the medical check up of 35 students of a class, their weights were recorded as “ollows- Weight (in Projects Project 1: Efficiency in Packing: To investigate the effivieney of packing (Elficieney is the percentage of bus spars ecvupned bs the abjects.) efebiectsal ditt rent shapes ina cuboid beg Project 2: Geometry in real i In this project we try to find situations in cally Tile where yeometrival notions effectively used. In particular, the stuxlcat discovers sitnan us in which properties of similar triangles learnt in the chassroois ave useful Project 3: Experiments on Probabitity aa Fo appreciate that finding Probability Uuough experiment is different trons finding n. Students become sesitive towards the fact that if they increas the number of observaions, probabilty tonne throned experiment approaches the calculated probability Project 4: Displacement and rotation of a geometrical figure ' Vo study the distance between different points of « omettroal fyune when it isaisphtced and Lor sotated. Rnbanees familiarity with coordinate geonietry, Project 5: Frequeney of letters/ wores in a language Analysis ofa language text using graphical and bie chart techniques Group Activities Group activity 1 Vourth order Magic Dance Nhe interplay of mathematies und it ean he very appe: Hhis activity makes an: HMC to present a versatile form af the fourth ordes magic square thromha dane Group activity 2 hive Lattice Hive Fatice isa lattice formed hy Students placed in square on t: angular formation Suggested Projects Project 1 Mathematical designs and patterns ins Hf MNLie progression Project 2 Forly history of Mathematics Project 3 \ealysis of test results and interpretation